twinkelen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- wink verb To close and quickly reopen one eye as a signal, joke, or private message to someone.
Senses
twinkelen is used for these senses in English:
- wink (intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.
wink — full definition
- verb To close and quickly reopen one eye as a signal, joke, or private message to someone.
- verb To blink both eyes quickly, often without meaning to.
- verb Followed by "at": to deliberately ignore something, pretending not to notice.
- verb To flicker or gleam unsteadily, like a light in the distance.
- noun The act of winking, or the private signal sent by doing so.